Emotions Are Friends
A cross-platform tool to help kids learn about emotions
A cross platform tool to help teach kids about emotions – A means for children to learn about all kinds of emotions they may be experiencing and helping parents understand why these emotions are important for early childhood development.
User Research
Parents of young children had mentioned they find it difficult to help their children understand and express new emotions they may be feeling.
Some had mentioned they would want a means which is visually appealing and easy to learn from to help teach their children about emotions and the effects they may have and why emotions are important.
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Problem
With early childhood development, many parents find it difficult to help their children understand the new emotions they are feeling.
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Goal
Making it easy for parents to help their children grow and helping children learn about the wonders of emotions a human can experience; be it good or bad.
Accessibility Considerations
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Audio feature children can use to hear how emotions are said and definition read out to them.
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Volume and screen time schedule settings to minimize screen time for children of young ages.
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Large visually pleasing icons which clearly display emotions and facial expressions.
Project Impact
Parents shared that the app will encourage children to learn about emotions and express them feely as part of their early development and that they themselves will be able to learn about how to help their children understand emotions.
